1064. News: Paymentology raises $175m, Alipay hands shopping to AI, and the FCA probes digital wallets

About this episode

The episode discusses recent developments in financial services, including Paymentology's funding and AI's role in shopping.

About this episode: Host Laura Watkins - Director of Media and Marketing at 11:FS- is joined by some great guests to discuss the biggest stories from the world of financial services over the past week. This week's guests: Jeff Parker - CEO at Paymentology Monica Eaton - CEO at Chargebacks911 Fliss Berridge - Director of Blue Strawberry Thinking Stories/timestamps: Intro - (00:01) Paymentology Raises $175 Million - (02:46) Alipay lets shoppers delegate purchases to AI- (17:34) FCA opens competition probe into Mastercard, Visa, and PayPal - (31:11) Wise Debuts US Listing on Nasdaq - (40:51) Bank Of America Analyst Says GTA 6 Should Be $80 So It Doesn’t Make Everyone Else’s $70 Games Look Bad - (42:47) Links to check out: Subscribe to Bitesized (our weekly fintech newsletter):⁠⁠⁠https://11fs.com/emails⁠⁠ Join our WhatsApp community, where you can get the inside track on all all things 11:FS, as well as having your say on the things we should be paying attention to. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://chat.whatsapp.com/KpA4gFbbWDlLFm7kx39raf⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ About Fintech Insider: Fintech Insider by 11:FS is a bi-weekly podcast that covers everything from finance and banking to technology…

People in this episode

Host: Laura Watkins

Guests: Jeff Parker, Monica Eaton, Fliss Berridge

Topics covered

• funding
• AI in shopping
• digital wallets
• financial services news
• market competition

Keywords

• Paymentology
• Alipay
• FCA
• digital wallets
• funding news
• financial services
• AI shopping
• market competition

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Paymentology, Alipay, FCA, Mastercard, Visa, PayPal, Wise, Bank Of America

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